is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hiroyuki Takei. It was serialized in Kodansha's manga magazine Shà Ânen Magazine Edge from September 2015 to April 2018.
Set in an alternative version of Feudal Japan inhabited by anthropomorphic Persian cats. Norachiyo's bell hangs from his katana sheath, but he is nonetheless a strayâÂÂa , as he travels across a dishonest world, cutting through pretense and deception with his blade.
Written and illustrated by Hiroyuki Takei, Nekogahara: Stray Cat Samurai was published in Kodansha's manga magazine Shà Ânen Magazine Edge from September 17, 2015, to April 17, 2018. Kodansha collected its chapters in six volumes, released from April 15, 2016, to May 17, 2018.
In North America, Kodansha USA announced the English release of the manga in March 2016.